CinefestOZ Broome – Western Australia’s First Nations Film Festival – today announced that beloved Australian actor and proud Nyikina man Mark Coles Smith as Ambassador for the inaugural festival presented by Goolarri Media, which kicks off next week 3-6 November in Broome in WA’s beautiful Kimberley region. Fresh from roles in ABC drama Savage River and soon…
Love by the Glass, a new romantic feature starring Susie Abromeit (Love In Bloom, Jessica Jones) and Tim Ross (Romance on the Menu, Dive Club, Wonderland), is currently shooting in Brisbane, Australia. The eighth romance film from The Steve Jaggi Company (SJc), Love by the Glass tells the story of an unlikely pairing – Allee and…
18-year-old Jay has had enough of life. 28-year-old Liz can’t get enough of it. And as Jay (Jordan Dulieu) stands on a cliff top contemplating putting an end to the meaningless fog of his existence, Liz (Freyja Benjamin) lands in town on the latest leg of her endless adventures backpacking the globe. After a sliding doors moment brings…
Ride tracks the lives and careers of Sam and Alise Willoughby, two champions who fall in love and conquered the world of BMX, an extreme sport where every race is a dance with danger. Sam rises from the suburbs of Adelaide to become a world champion and Olympic medallist. But in this sport crashes are common,…
The premise for Ribspreader is a riot. The hard to stomach, laugh-out-loud, blood-soaked gorefest follows ex-tobacco icon Bryan (Tommy Darwin) who’s transformed into the violent and grotesque Ribspreader – a masked crusader on a mission to hunt down smokers and violently extinguishing them. Without going too deep, Ribspreader is an exploration of addiction and tobacco…
CinefestOZ Broome – Western Australia’s first First Nations Film Festival – today announced the release of its inaugural program, which will run from November 3-6 in partnership with Broome-based media organisation, Goolarri Media. Celebrating First Nations stories and talent from across Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific, CinefestOZ Broome will showcase three incredible new Australian…
There’s nothing plane about The Plains. The three hour film follows Andrew, a man in his fifties, on his daily commute to and from work over the course of a year. Occasionally Andrew is joined by David, a colleague who Andrew drives home from time to time. The Plains is set almost entirely inside Andrew’s…
Stan today announced the brand new Stan Original Film Poker Face, directed by and starring Academy Award-winner and Australian screen legend Russell Crowe, will premiere 22 November, only on Stan. Directed by and starring Russell Crowe (Stan Original Film True History of the Kelly Gang, The Loudest Voice, The Water Diviner), Poker Face features a…
Celebrating the achievement, innovation and ambition of our local industry, the WA Screen Culture Awards (WASCAs) will take place on Sunday 4 December at Luna Cinemas Leederville. Embracing all forms of new, established and emerging screen practices, Awards will be presented across 22 categories at what promises to be an extra special evening hosted by comedian Joe White.…
Heart of Gold International Short Film Festival returns after its pandemic hiatus with a significantly expanded programme aiming to grow the 16 year old event into a warm multi-arts celebration. Tickets are now on sale for the festival which runs October 27 – 30 in Gympie, Queensland. This edition of the festival includes 170 short…
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